Engagement in Tana Ugi' - Pangkep Culture Exploration
INTRODUCTION
The
engagement is a way to propose, or to ask
a woman to be a wife in Buginese ethnic.
The engagement in Buginese ethnic consisted
of systematic activities, or
sequentially. These activities are:
1) Mattiro
2) Mappesek-pesek
3) Mammanuk-manuk
4) Madduta
5) Mappasearekeng
This paper discusses about the fourth activities of engagement in tana ugi’, namely : Madduta
or usually called Duta Mallino.
DISCUSSION
Madduta or Duta Malino is the fourth
activities of engagement in Buginese ethnic. Basically, Mallino meaning that openly said something hidden,
so Duta Malino
is the a formal delegation from the man family to convey
a message openly about
what has been previously pioneered on mappesek-pesek,
and mammanuk-manuk. In
this event, the women's
families inviting a immediate
family, especially families who have
invite to discussion on mammanuk-manuk, and the families that are considered to consider the
engagement.
At that time, a women's family gathered at women's home. Some
parents of the man or the woman used
a formal wear. Men's formal wear there are: a coat, lipa’ garusu, and songko’
pamiring ulaweng. Whereas, a women’s formal wear there are: baju bodo and lipa’ garusu.
The food prepared by the women according
to the eat time. However, if the conversation do
in the morning or afternoon, so a
prepared by the women’s
families is a
typical cakes in Buginese ethnic who placed on bosara'. Several
kinds of a typical cakes in Buginese ethnic there are :
a)
Sikaporo’
b)
Bolu peca’
c)
Katiri
sala
d)
Bingka’
e)
Biji
nangka
f)
Sanggara’
g)
Roko roko
atau doko’
doko’ utti
h)
Lame-lame
i)
Onde-onde
j)
Cucuru bayao
atau cucuru tello’
k)
Jompo’-jompo’
l)
Cucuru te’ne
More cakes made better, according
to the Buginese proverb who says, “Napataromposengngi
makkunraiye narekko maccai ma’beppa” and the meaning is, "If women are good at making cakes, will be the
pride for her".
the guests sit on
a mat. For the nobility,
in the ceremony of Madduta Mallino everything
is based on custom clothing, there
are:
1.
For Arung (nobility), the goverment of village, village priests,
and spokesman wear a custom clothing.
2.
One of the five people acting
as a spokesman. They also wear a custom clothing.
3.
Three or four women also wear
a custom clothing with a simpolong hairstyle.
4.
For men of noble wear a tapong and bring a alu kalu, there are:
·
Berre’ 1 gantang (4
liters)
·
Manu’silebineng (one
pair of chicken)
·
Kaluku
tuo (coconut)
·
One bundle of betel leaf, one bundle consist a three betel leaf with a gambier, lime, and areca nut.
·
Two red sugar
Alu
kalu was placed in a basket made from a lontara' leaf usually-called
disebut baku mabbulu bulu.The meaning
of these materials namely: “Ripakkalipuni alaibinengenna, maumare canninna gollae,
nalunra'na kalukue” or in English version mean that hopefully the bride will
live peacefully, happily and have a child.
As the
group of to madduta
come, then be sit
in a place that has
been provided. After a while, there was a conversation between to madduta and to riaddutai, that the woman spoke first,
then the man
spoke: “Pekkoare matti ronnang
areta utanangnge ri bola langkanammu”, and the meaning is: "What is the purpose of our past, whether
you agree or not?"
However, often a conversation between
to madduta with to riaddutai or her family, there
are;
To Madduta : “Duami
kuala sappo, unganna panasae, belona kanuku” has a
meaning, “Just
two who be a our focus, there are honesty
dan a purity of heart.”
“Iyaro
bunga rositta tepu tabbakka toni, engkaga sappona?” has a
meaning,
“The ros was pretty and blooming enough, is there who protect it?”
To
Riaddutai : “Iganaro
elo’ ri
bungata, bunga temmaddaungnge, temmattakke” has a
meaning, “Who want to our daughter who don’t have a knowledge”
To Madduta : “Taroni temmaddaung,
temmattakke”
has
a meaning, “Although
she didn’t
have knowledge, because
a jewelry who never weak, I'll make a light of my
life”.
After a
women heard a sacred intention from to
madduta, with all humility she said,”Narekko makkonitu adatta, soroni tangngaka,
nakutangnga to ki”,
who
has a meaning, “If thatyour determination, return to learn myself,
and I learned you” or usually said: “Tuoni matti aretta ronnang
mutanengnge”
After
that, a conversation continued to contract both parties called mappetu ada or mappasiarekeng.
CONCLUSION
If a man from the Buginese ethnic
want to engagement to a women for becomes his wife, so he must to do a systematic activities. These activities
are: Mattiro,
Mappesek-pesek, Madduta and
Mappasearekeng.
The
engagement in tana ugi’ these were of
old, and as Buginese people,
we have to preserve
the custom in order that survive in this modern
era of globalization.
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